Hodge vs Jonesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Hodge and Jonesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Hodge and Jonesboro are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jonesboro has the higher population (4,092 vs 685 in Hodge). Hodge has the higher median household income ($48,150 vs $36,458 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $75,700 in Hodge).

Population, income & housing

	Hodge	Jonesboro
Population	685	4,092
Median age	30.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,150	$36,458
Median home value	$75,700	$84,000
Median gross rent	$728	$709
Housing units	317	1,762
Homeownership rate	66.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hodge	Jonesboro
Population	528 → 685 (+29.7%)	4,529 → 4,092 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$34,722 → $48,150 (+38.7%)	$22,059 → $36,458 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $75,700 (-34.1%)	$79,500 → $84,000 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $728 (+19.3%)	$545 → $709 (+30.1%)

Hodge

Population

528685

Median household income

$34,722$48,150

Median home value

$114,800$75,700

Median gross rent

$610$728

Jonesboro

Population

4,5294,092

Median household income

$22,059$36,458

Median home value

$79,500$84,000

Median gross rent

$545$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hodge	Jonesboro
Under 5	6.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	18.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	19.7%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.2%
75 and over	14.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hodge	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	43.4%
Black or African American	32.6%	45.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hodge	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	7.1%	14.1%
High school graduate	50.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hodge	Jonesboro
Drove alone	96.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hodge	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	94.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Hodge	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	23.9%	36.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1969	1968